Window



April 20, 1937.

G. A. WIGGINS ET AL WINDOW Filed July 2, 1936 fomeg Patented Apr. 20, 1937 PATENT OFFICE WINDOW George Arthur Wiggins an'd George Beresford Martin, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Application July 2, 1936, Serial No. 88,541

1 Claim.

This invention relates to mountings and means for operating revoluble windows and window screens.

One important object of the invention is to provide mounting and means for revolving a pair of coaxially arranged discs, one of which is partially glazed and partially open, and the other being partially screened and partially open vindependently and selectively in either direction and for locking them in annularly selective positions.

Another important object is to provide mechanism o-f this character which will be simple, efficient, and inexpensive to produce;

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations or parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying 'drawing and specificallyA claimed.

In the accompanying drawing like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is an inside View of a window as "constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a partially broken detailed inside face view of the semi-glazed ring.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3..

Figure 5 is a partially broken detailed inside face View of the semi-screened ring.

Figure 6 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken on line 6--6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is an enlarged detailed top view of the window operating device.

Figure 8 is a partial median cross-section of the window operating device.

Although it is to be understood that the invention is applicable to all forms of Vehicle windows, it is here shown in connection with a motor vehicle door window.

Motor vehicle doors and bodies beneath the windows are hollow and contain the window panes when they are dropped or lowered from their closed position, and similarly the doors or bodies beneath the windows in the present invention are hollow.

In the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated, the frame of the door is indicated by the numeral I0, and and I2 indicate the inner and outer walls, respectively. The top portion of each wall is provided with a substantially semi-circular opening I3, which openings register `so that visibility is obtained through both. Secured in the upper part of the frame I is a substantially semi-circular channel. Concentric to this channel I4 and on the wall I2 is a boss I5, and similarly on the wall I I is a boss I6. The portion of the walls II and I2 between the channel I4 of the frame I0 form spandrels II' which are preferably glazed although they are not necessarily so.

On the outside of the wall II and concentric with the boss I6 there is rigidly mounted a bearing I 61 which carries at its inner end a flange I'I permanently fixed to the wall II. The boss I 6 is tubular in construction and through this boss passes a diametrically increased portion I'l1 of a tubular revolvable member Il2 journalled in the bearing |61, and through which passes a shaft I 8. 'Ihe shaft I8 is provided with a polygonal portion I9, whereon is tted a disc 2|) having a glazed portion 2| and an open portion 22. The glazing of this disc may be accomplished in any approved manner, and the disc is here shown in two sections between which the glass is clamped. The shaft I8, as well as being journalled at one portion of its length in the member |12, is journalled'at its outer end in a conforming recess I 51 in the boss I5, and this recess is of suicient depth to permit the said shaft to be partially withdrawn and still provide bearing surface therefor. The shaft I8 also has an operating handle or knob 23 on its outer end, which is reduced in diameter as indicated at |81, and this shaft is pressed inwardly by a helical expansion spring 24 inserted between the shoulder I82 of the shaft and a bushing I3 in which the said reduced portion of the shaft is journalled and against which the hub 231 of the knob 23 abuts. It will thus be seen that the handle 23 is forced inwardly by the spring 24. This shaft I8 has the disc 2U mounted thereon, the said disc being provided with a concentric polygonal opening 25 which fits on the conformingly polygonal shaft portion I9. This polygonal portion I9 extends inwardly past the disc 2|] and into a conforming enlargement I52 of the recess |51, and thus it will be seen that the disc 2U can not be rotated so long as the portion I9 of the shaft engages the said conforming enlargement I 52, but on moving the shaft portion I9 clear of the inner face of the boss I the disc 20 may be freely rotated. Furthermore, it will be observed that there being as many possible annular positions of the disc as there are sides of the shaft portion I9 the disc 20 may be selectively locked in any of these positions on the release of the handle 23, whereupon the shaft I8 will move inwardly under the influence of the spring 2li and the shaft portion I9 re-engage the conforming enlargement |52.

The bearing |61 is provided With spaced openings 26 arranged diametrically opposite each other so that a plunger 21 slidingly supported in a bracket 28, which is mounted on an arm 281 on the tubular member |12, and pressed inwardly by a helical expansion spring 29 may engage in said openings when the tubular member I12 is turned by means of the arm 281 to one position or another. A knob 30 provided with a stem 3| is slidingly mounted in the arm 281, a slot 32 being provided in said arm so that the stem 3| may slide up and down and thus release the plunger 21 from the opening wherewith it is engaged. AIt may be noted that the knob 30 is used both to disengage the plunger 21 and to turn the tubular member |12 alternately from one side to the other.

The member |12 is freely revolvable in the bearing |51 and the inner end of this member is provided with a key 33 which is adapted to lit permanently in a conforming slot 3, through which the shaft I8 also freely passes, formed in a second` disc 35 which also ts in the channel |4 close to the glazed disc, and one half of which is freely open while the other half is provided with wire screen 36.

In the operation of the disc 35, the plunger 21Y serves to locate this member in either of its two positions. When located in one position the screen closes the opening I3 and when in its other position the screen leaves the opening free.

In Figure l the glazed portion of the disc 20 is shown in the position to close the opening I3 While the screen portion of the disc 35 is shown in its position when the opening I3 is unscreened. That is to say the opening I3 is closed by the glass but not by the screen, although it is understood that the opening I3 may be closed by the glass and by the screenat the same time. In Figure 3 the disc 2|) is shown with the glass portion in the position to close the opening I3, and in Figure 5 the disc 35 is shown with the screen portion in the position to close the opening I3.

There has thus been provided a simple and efcient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

We claim:

In a mechanism of the class described, a bearing, a tubular member journalled in the bearing, a key on a projecting end of said member and having a shoulder abutting the bearing, a radial flange on the opposite end of said member and abutting the bearing, an arm on said ange, a bushing in the flanged end of said member, a sliding and revolving shaft partially journalled in said member and provided with a. polygonal portion and with a reduced portion creating a shoulder, the reduced portion of said shaft being journalled in the bushing, a helical spring around said reduced portion and expanding against the shoulder of said shaft and against the bushing, means on the end of the reduced portion of the shaft for jointly turning the shaft in either direction and for drawing it outwardly, said means being urged inwardly against the bushing by means of said spring, a disc keyed onto the key, a second disc loosely keyed onto the polygonal portion of the shaft, a boss having a recess, the deeper portion kof the recess being conformingly round to receive the end of the main portion of the shaft and a shallow'portion thereof being conformingly polygonal to receive a portion of the polygonal portion of the shaft in annularly selective positions, a plunger slidingly associated with the arm and selectively engageable with a plurality of spaced recesses in the periphery of the bearing, spring means urging said plunger into said recesses, and means for jointly eiecting contramovement of the plunger and for revolving the tubular member.

GEORGE ARTHUR WIGGINS. GEORGE BERESFORD MARTIN. 

